odds and ends

English

Etymology

From an dialectal corruption of ords and ends (“points and endings" or "beginnings and ends”). More at ord, end.

Noun

odds and ends (plural only)

1. (idiomatic) Miscellaneous things.

   The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.

Synonyms

• odds and sods
• See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

miscellaneous things

• Breton: bitrakerezh (br) m
• Dutch: brokstukken (nl) n pl, van alles en nog wat (nl)
• Finnish: kama (fi), (colloquial) sälä (fi)
• German: Krimskrams (de) m
• Haitian Creole: kenkay
• Hungarian: ez-az (hu)
• Irish: giúirléidí (ga) f pl

• Italian: cianfrusaglie (it) f pl
• Manx: fooillagh (gv)
• Russian: всякая всячина (ru) (vsjákaja vsjáčina) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: criomagan (gd) f pl
• Serbo-Croatian: koještarija (sh) f
• Volapük: jodem (vo)

See also

• bits and bobs